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給利未人的城和郊野

¹耶和華在摩押平原─約旦河邊、耶利哥對面曉諭摩西說：Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

²「你吩咐以色列人，要從所得為業的地中把些城給利未人居住，也要把這城四圍的郊野給利未人。“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

³這城邑要歸他們居住，城邑的郊野可以牧養他們的牛羊和各樣的牲畜，又可以安置他們的財物。The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

⁴你們給利未人的郊野，要從城根起，四圍往外量一千肘。The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

⁵另外東量二千肘，南量二千肘，西量二千肘，北量二千肘，為邊界，城在當中；這要歸他們作城邑的郊野。You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

⁶你們給利未人的城邑，其中當有六座逃城，使誤殺人的可以逃到那裡。此外還要給他們四十二座城。Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

⁷你們要給利未人的城，共有四十八座，連城帶郊野都要給他們。The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

⁸以色列人所得的地業從中要把些城邑給利未人；人多的就多給，人少的就少給；各支派要按所承受為業之地把城邑給利未人。」The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

設立六座逃城

⁹耶和華曉諭摩西說：Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹⁰「你吩咐以色列人說：你們過約旦河，進了迦南地，“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

¹¹就要分出幾座城，為你們作逃城，使誤殺人的可以逃到那裡。designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

¹²這些城可以作逃避報仇人的城，使誤殺人的不至於死，等他站在會眾面前聽審判。You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

¹³你們所分出來的城，要作六座逃城。The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

¹⁴在約旦河東要分出三座城，在迦南地也要分出三座城，都作逃城。Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

¹⁵這六座城要給以色列人和他們中間的外人，並寄居的，作為逃城，使誤殺人的都可以逃到那裡。These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

故意殺人的必被治死

¹⁶「倘若人用鐵器打人，以致打死，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

¹⁷若用可以打死人的石頭打死了人，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

¹⁸若用可以打死人的木器打死了人，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

¹⁹報血仇的必親自殺那故殺人的，一遇見就殺他。The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

²⁰人若因怨恨把人推倒，或是埋伏往人身上扔物，以致於死，Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

²¹或是因仇恨用手打人，以致於死，那打人的必被治死。他是故殺人的；報血仇的一遇見就殺他。or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

誤殺人的要住在逃城

²²「倘若人沒有仇恨，忽然將人推倒，或是沒有埋伏把物扔在人身上，But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

²³或是沒有看見的時候用可以打死人的石頭扔在人身上，以致於死，本來與他無仇，也無意害他。or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

²⁴會眾就要照典章，在打死人的和報血仇的中間審判。then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

²⁵會眾要救這誤殺人的脫離報血仇人的手，也要使他歸入逃城。他要住在其中，直等到受聖膏的大祭司死了。The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶但誤殺人的，無論甚麼時候，若出了逃城的境外，But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

²⁷報血仇的在逃城境外遇見他，將他殺了，報血仇的就沒有流血之罪。and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

²⁸因為誤殺人的該住在逃城裡，等到大祭司死了。大祭司死了以後，誤殺人的才可以回到他所得為業之地。because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.

²⁹這在你們一切的住處，要作你們世世代代的律例典章。This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

憑見證定罪，不可收贖價

³⁰「無論誰故殺人，要憑幾個見證人的口把那故殺人的殺了，只是不可憑一個見證的口叫人死。If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

³¹故殺人、犯死罪的，你們不可收贖價代替他的命；他必被治死。You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

³²那逃到逃城的人，你們不可為他收贖價，使他在大祭司未死以先再來住在本地。Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

³³這樣，你們就不污穢所住之地，因為血是污穢地的；若有在地上流人血的，非流那殺人者的血，那地就不得潔淨（原文是贖）。Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

³⁴你們不可玷污所住之地，就是我住在其中之地，因為我─耶和華住在以色列人中間。」Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

西羅非哈眾女兒的產業

¹約瑟的後裔，瑪拿西的孫子，瑪吉的兒子基列，他子孫中的諸族長來到摩西和作首領的以色列人族長面前，說：Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

²「耶和華曾吩咐我主拈鬮分地給以色列人為業，我主也受了耶和華的吩咐將我們兄弟西羅非哈的產業分給他的眾女兒。saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

³她們若嫁以色列別支派的人，就必將我們祖宗所遺留的產業加在她們丈夫支派的產業中。這樣，我們拈鬮所得的產業就要減少了。But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

⁴到了以色列人的禧年，這女兒的產業就必加在她們丈夫支派的產業上。這樣，我們祖宗支派的產業就減少了。」And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

⁵摩西照耶和華的話吩咐以色列人說：「約瑟支派的人說得有理。So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.

⁶論到西羅非哈的眾女兒，耶和華這樣吩咐說：她們可以隨意嫁人，只是要嫁同宗支派的人。This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

⁷這樣，以色列人的產業就不從這支派歸到那支派，因為以色列人要各守各祖宗支派的產業。No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

⁸凡在以色列支派中得了產業的女子必作同宗支派人的妻，好叫以色列人各自承受他祖宗的產業。Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

⁹這樣，他們的產業就不從這支派歸到那支派，因為以色列支派的人要各守各的產業。」No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”

女兒們嫁給同宗的人

¹⁰耶和華怎樣吩咐摩西，西羅非哈的眾女兒就怎樣行。So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹¹西羅非哈的女兒瑪拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦、挪阿都嫁了他們伯叔的兒子。Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.

¹²她們嫁入約瑟兒子、瑪拿西子孫的族中；她們的產業仍留在同宗支派中。They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

民數記的結語

¹³這是耶和華在摩押平原─約旦河邊、耶利哥對面─藉著摩西所吩咐以色列人的命令典章。These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

公會把耶穌交給彼拉多

¹一到早晨，祭司長和長老、文士、全公會的人大家商議，就把耶穌捆綁，解去交給彼拉多。Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

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彼拉多審問耶穌

²彼拉多問他說：「你是猶太人的王嗎？」耶穌回答說：「你說的是。」So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

³祭司長告他許多的事。And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

⁴彼拉多又問他說：「你看，他們告你這麼多的事，你甚麼都不回答嗎？」Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”

⁵耶穌仍不回答，以致彼拉多覺得希奇。But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.

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節期釋放囚犯的慣例

⁶每逢這節期，巡撫照眾人所求的，釋放一個囚犯給他們。Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.

⁷有一個人名叫巴拉巴，和作亂的人一同捆綁。他們做亂的時候，曾殺過人。And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.

⁸眾人上去求巡撫，照常例給他們辦。So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.

⁹彼拉多說：「你們要我釋放猶太人的王給你們嗎？」“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.

¹⁰他原曉得，祭司長是因為嫉妒才把耶穌解了來。For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.

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祭司長挑唆眾人

¹¹只是祭司長挑唆眾人，寧可釋放巴拉巴給他們。But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

¹²彼拉多又說：「那麼樣，你們所稱為猶太人的王，我怎麼辦他呢？」So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”

¹³他們又喊著說：「把他釘十字架！」And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”

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¹⁴彼拉多說：「為甚麼呢？他做了甚麼惡事呢？」他們便極力地喊著說：「把他釘十字架！」“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

釋放巴拉巴，交出耶穌

¹⁵彼拉多要叫眾人喜悅，就釋放巴拉巴給他們，將耶穌鞭打了，交給人釘十字架。And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

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